Display-rack.



H- M. GREENER.

, 1907. 910,057. Patented Jan. 19, 1909. v

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

HERMAN M. GREENER, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIERMAN M. GREENER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Streator, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display -Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to display racks and more particularly to one intended to display plates or dishes of china, glass or other material.

The object of the invention is to provide an exceptionally cheap and simple form of rack which can be arranged perfectly flat or in a horizontal plane upon a shelf or counter and yet support the plates or dishes in an inclined or oblique position and also in stepped order so that the rearmost plate or dish will be displayed as advantageously as those in front; and with these objects in view my invention consists essentially in the employment of two strips held in parallel relation by means of wire plate holders, said holders having their legs inserted in the wooden strips the legs being of varying lengths and arranged in definite order so that the rearmost holder will be arranged highest of all the holders and the intermediate ones in proper successive order.

The invention consists also in the certain details of construction hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure l is a perspective view of a rack, said rack being shown opened for the purpose of supporting plates or dishes. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the rack closed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View showing a very slight modification.

In constructing a rack in accordance with my invention I employ two strips of wood A which may be of any suitable size and may be shaped in any desired manner. These bars A are preferably connected at their rear ends by means of a wire rod B the ends of which are bent as shown at B and inserted in the strips A adjacent their rear ends.

G indicates a series of plate or dish holders each one being constructed similar to the other, but it will be noted that the front holder is the smallest of them all so far as height is concerned and the rear holder the largest or tallest, this difference being due to the length of the supporting legs C as the rest portion or support proper is sub- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 11, 1907.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Serial No. 401,718.

dish is inserted in this holder as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. By having the holders graduated and arranged in the proper order so that the tallest one is in the rear I am enabled to display a series of plates or dishes and hold each and every one properly displayed, thereby preventing those in the front from obscuring those in the rear. When the rack is not in use the two strips can be folded together thereby causing the rack to occupy considerably less space than it does when in its open position.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a very slight modification in which the angle of the side bars is not nearly so abrupt as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This form of rack is more particularly adapted for supporting flat articles whereas the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is especially adapted for plates. The arrangement of the holders, however, is identical, that is they are graduated and arranged in definite order with the tallest one in the rear.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. A rack for displaying plates and similar articles comprising parallel base strips, connecting wires, and a series of plate holders, all constructed alike each formed of a single piece of wire and comprising legs which are inserted in the base strips, curved sides in which the plates rest and a connecting cross bar connecting the curved side members, the legs of said holders successively increasing in height toward the rear.

2. A rack for displaying plates and simi- 105 lar articles, comprising parallel base strips, and a series of plate holders, all constructed alike each formed of a single piece of wire and comprising legs which are inserted in the base strips, curved sides in which the plates rest and a connecting cross bar conmembers and supporting legs, the legs of necting the curved side members, substaneach succeeding holder being longer than tially as described. the one preceding, as set forth.

3. A display rack comprising base strips HERMAN M. GREENER. 5 and a series of plate holders connected to Witnesses:

the said strips, said holders being of wire S. D. LAWRENCE,

and comprising a front bar, curved side- C. A. DAY. 

